Facts

Appearance of the Spatuletail Hummingbird

The Spatuletail Hummingbird has a bright violet-blue crown of feathers and is named after is unique spatula-shaped tail feathers.

This hummingbird species actually has four tail feathers, but two of them are quite unique. The feathers are colored the same voilet-blue color as the hummingbirds crown and the shape and size of these two feathers gives the Spatuletail its distinctive appearance.